Post your 2013 training wishlists here so we can follow what all of our talented DT members are up to with their dogs. Wishlists don't have to be titles of course
Quote and update your wishlists throughout the year as you achieve your goals!

What's that quote... Aim for the moon, if you miss you'll land amongst the stars...
Well here's mine!

Elsie
- get reliable weaves and contacts for agility
- JDX (jumpers dog excellent title)
- win into jumpers A (highest level of jumpers)
- CDX
- RN
- CGC
- enter first working trial in November and not look like an idiot, UD or UDX would be a bonus too

Magic
- happy, well socialized giant puppy!
- a good foundation for sports
- NZKC CH title by the end of 2013 so we can leave the conformation ring for bigger things

After Baron got his CDX title, I thought we would retire. But think maybe just for fun will start training him UD exercises and see where it takes us. Found a trainer in our the area we moved to so might check her out and do some classes over the winter. But everything is sort of on hold right now until the renovations and remodling is done so will be updating.

After Baron got his CDX title, I thought we would retire. But think maybe just for fun will start training him UD exercises and see where it takes us. Found a trainer in our the area we moved to so might check her out and do some classes over the winter. But everything is sort of on hold right now until the renovations and remodling is done so will be updating.

Hey, at least in Utility, there are no stays to worry about. Ilka can do the moving stand for examination and the signals required in Utility, but I don't think I could ever trust her on the out-of-sight stays in Open.

UD title for Tamora-continue OB work
Versatility title--not sure what that involves, but sounds fun.
More Mach titles
Top 20 doberman agility (even though we will not travel that far) just claim bragging rights

Atlas--maybe a Mach, if not well on our way
CGC title
CD title
CDX Maybe

my goals are varied - some are more concrete, and some are more topic/foundation based.

berlin
- continue with nosework: certify in all odors and get a NW1
- stay happy and healthy - id like a dog to make it to 6 without heart disease.
- consider coming out in preferred agility, or some other venues where she can jump lower
- resist putting her in a rally trial for her last RA leg because she hates it!
- LURE COURSE!

cherrybomb
- continue matching her at a variety of locations so that she has exposure to multiple places and multiple people.
- try to find multiple ring matches so she learns to work around db and jumping in other rings
- try to show her in matches under men - since there are still many male judges
- work on getting her heel position slightly closer to me.
- obtain a CD leg - just one.
- get one top 20 score (these last 2 may purely depend on my trainer - she will tell me when i am ready to show, so if its not til the end of the year i may not have many opportunities to do this
- work on db retrieve - she loves the db, but doesn't want to give it back to me. in an effort to avoid a repeat of the hell we went through with rah (who valued the db more than life itself and giving it to me was a problem)
- qualify for all star
- win high scoring rescue at my dobe clubs show (again, if my trainer says she is ready to show!)
- get her WAC and ATT
- LURE COURSE!

chill
- similar to cherry - continue matching in new locations, with new people.
- work on his issue with the db flying and other noises - he's a little reactive and we need to work on exposure and attention with distractions.
- work with his fronts - we are having "back end cannot line up with front end" issues so i need to increase front and rear end awareness with him.
- get a CD leg
- qualify for all star - my trainer would like his entire litter to qualify and show, we think it would be cool
- get his CGC
- LURE COURSE!

Hey, at least in Utility, there are no stays to worry about. Ilka can do the moving stand for examination and the signals required in Utility, but I don't think I could ever trust her on the out-of-sight stays in Open.

Funny thing. The sit and down stays were always the only thing I never worried about with Baron. Even the out of sights I never worried too much. He was always solid on that part of the class. My husband's big worry was that another dog would break and come over and attack him!!!!

Versatility consists of six excercises, two each from Novice, Open, and Utility. They are picked at random, so you never know what you are going to get.

Okay, just to clear up any confusion, I oopsied. The excercises are NOT drawn at random, but there are 12 different combinations of Novice, Open and Utility excercises, and the judge chooses which combination will be done. I hadn't loooked at that section of the rulebook for a while. Sorry, my bad.

I'd love to say that an NAJ would be a goal for Tali, too, but the silly little thing loses her mind on jumps courses and she just wants to run around jumping on me and squealing. LOL We're working on it though and while we may not be able to finish a jumps course yet I freakin' LOVE her enthusiasm. LOL I'd also love to say a CD is a goal for Tali next year, but I think we've got a full plate as it is. And I'd love for a BN to be a goal for Fiona, too, and she can do it at this point in life but I just don't know how many goals one handler who works full-time can realistically make for 2 dogs. We train a lot but I've got to have the time and money to compete, so we'll see!

Training wish list/goal for myself...to learn more. To understand my dogs better. To be the handler each dog needs so that I can give them the opportunity to show how awesome they are.

Okay, maybe another goal for Ilka, if she will cooperate, and I can find any trials doing the class. Graduate Open is a possibility. There is no requirement for the class, which is basically a modified Utility, other than the dog be capable of doing the excercises. So, we wouldn't have to have a CDX to enter, like we would for Utility, so I wouldn't have to worry about out-of-sight stays.

Okay, just to clear up any confusion, I oopsied. The excercises are NOT drawn at random, but there are 12 different combinations of Novice, Open and Utility excercises, and the judge chooses which combination will be done. I hadn't loooked at that section of the rulebook for a while. Sorry, my bad.

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